Origin of Law

Ayaawk originate from the cosmic, relational, and living order of existence.

Tsm’syen law does not arise from governments, legislation, courts, or written instruments. It arises from the order of creation, the relationships between beings, and the responsibilities carried by names, houses, and clans.

Ayaawk exist whether or not they are spoken, written, or enforced by institutions.

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Source of Ayaawk

Ayaawk arise from:

• The original instructions given at the beginning of time
• The relationships between humans, lands, waters, animals, and unseen beings
• The responsibilities carried by names and crests
• The accumulated witnessing of consequences when balance is kept or broken

Law is not created by authority. Authority emerges from correct relationship and responsibility.

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Law as Balance and Continuity

The purpose of Ayaawk is not punishment, control, or domination.

The purpose of Ayaawk is to:

• Maintain balance among all beings
• Restore balance when harm occurs
• Ensure continuity of life across generations
• Prevent the concentration of power without responsibility

When balance is broken, law responds. When balance is restored, law is fulfilled.

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Law and the Unseen Order

Ayaawk recognize that not all law is visible.

Law exists within:

• The spiritual order
• The ancestral realm
• The future generations not yet born

Human law must align with these orders or it loses legitimacy.

Decisions made without regard to unseen consequences are incomplete and dangerous.

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Transformation Through Law

Ayaawk are activated through experience.

Suffering, conflict, and loss are not ignored. They are transformed into knowledge, obligation, and renewed law.

This transformation occurs through:

• Witnessing
• Compensation
• Ceremony
• Public accountability
• Renewal of relationships

Law that does not transform harm into balance is unfinished law.

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Authority and Origin

No individual, council, or government grants Ayaawk authority.

Authority flows from:

• Adherence to Ayaawk
• Fulfillment of obligations
• Recognition by witnesses
• Continuity through Adaawk

Those who abandon responsibility lose authority, regardless of title or position.

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Relationship to Written Law

Written records may describe Ayaawk, but they do not create them.

This page records understandings of the origin of law. It does not freeze or limit Ayaawk.

Where written words conflict with lived Ayaawk, lived Ayaawk prevail.

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Continuity

Ayaawk existed before contact, colonization, and modern states. Ayaawk will exist after them.

This framework records law for clarity, continuity, and protection — not for surrender or substitution.

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Ayaawk are not inherited as privilege. They are carried as responsibility.